Overview
- RKLB rose roughly 10% on heavy volume, with about 31 million shares changing hands versus a 20.6 million average, as traders cited hardware milestones and funding news.
- The Neutron rocket’s ‘Hungry Hippo’ fairing cleared final structural qualification, a step analysts say keeps the medium‑lift vehicle pointed toward a potential 2026 debut.
- Rocket Lab received a C$1 million Canadian Space Agency grant to develop a new reaction wheel, supporting its push into larger 500–1,000 kg satellite systems.
- The company stood down a planned Electron mission for KAIST to review sensor data and has not announced a new target date.
- The next Electron flight, ‘RAISE and Shine’ for JAXA, is scheduled no earlier than December 13 from Mahia to deploy the RAISE‑4 technology demonstration satellite.